Which of the following pairs is correctly matched?
a. Thirteenth Amendment—citizenship for African Americans
b. Fourteenth Amendment—abolished slavery
c. Fifteenth Amendment—gave African American males the right to vote
d. Civil Rights Act of 1866—allowed formerly enslaved people full access to the courts
d. Civil Rights Act of 1866—allowed formerly enslaved people full access to the courts
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Suburban living during the 1920s was possible because of __________
A) land grants to construction companies B) government-subsidized mortgages C) the movement of factories out of the cities D) the growth of the automobile industry and mass transit
German immigrants __________
a. suffered less prejudice than the Irish b. suffered more prejudice than the Irish c. could not be assimilated easily into American society d. possessed few agricultural or other skills e. were extremely rare
What notorious argument was laid forth in the Moynihan report?
a. that disparities in white and black test performance resulted from innate intelligence rather than educational background b. that the central problem of the black community was the proliferation of female-headed households c. that federal programs designed to lift African Americans out of poverty instead transformed them into a class of dependents d. that terrorism by militant black groups represented the single greatest threat to America’s domestic security
By the late 19th century, advocates of Prohibition:
a. concentrated on getting their message into school curriculums. b. worried more about getting people to drink moderately than stop altogether. c. tried to persuade people to quit drinking on moral grounds. d. tried to use the power of government to make people stop using alcohol.